Improvement in mattress-ticks



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN J. DONAHQE, OF NEW ORLANS, LOUISIANA..

lMPROVEMENT IN MATTRESS-TICKS.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent'No. l 79,772, dated July 11, 1876; application tiled December 7, 1875.

To 'all-whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN J. DONAHOE, a resident ofthe city otNew Orleans and State ot Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Makin glVIattress-Ticks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part ot' this specification.

The object ot' the invention is chiey to effeet an economy in the construction ot' mattresses, more particularly in respect to the material of which the covering is composed, and the mode of' making up the same.

The invention consists in dispensing with the cord or binding at one end ot' tlie mattress, and continuing` the ticking around said end, so that the portion which covers the top and bottom ot' the mattress is ot' one and the same piece. The portion covering the sides is also in one piece, and likewise the bindingcord.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view ot' the mattress complete. Fig. 2 is a side view ot' a fragment ot' the mat tress; F1g.3, a sectional view, showing the manner of attaching the cord to the ticking.

The mattress is provided with a cord, a., extending around the entire edge, except across the end b, and also up the sides at c, contiguous to said end b. The cord may, therefore,

be in one piece or length, instead of two lengths, as in other mattresses.

around the end b, to cover the bottom thereof;

and the same piece which covers the side e is extended also around the end f, to cover the opposite side.

1t is obvious that a considerable saving ot' material and labor is thus eiected in the making up and sewing of the mattress-cover. The absence ot' cords across the end b also reduces the thickness ofthe mattress at that point, so that its foot portion will lie dat upon the bedstead-slats,.wires, or other support, in place ot projecting upward, as in the case of the common mattress. The bed-clothes covering the mattress will, therefore. lie smooth across the foot of the same, and cause it to present a better appearance.

The mode ot' securing the cord to the tick. ing is represented in Fig. 3, the cord being wrapped in a narrow strip of fabric, and Ithe edges ot' the ticking turned in and sewed to the edges of such strip.

The mattress-cover termed of' the single top and bottom piece Iand side piece, joined by a continuous cord, as shown and described.

J. J. DoNAHoE.

Witnesses:

H. N. JENKINS, J AMES G. KIDDELL. 

